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title: רָעַשׁ — quake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָעַשׁ (7493), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: quake. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָעַשׁ

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«רָעַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quake** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 30 times · **Key:** 7493 · **BDB:** רָעַשׁ

### Glosses

it.quaked (4); they.will.shake (4); \[am\].about.to.shake (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7493/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7493/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. quake, shake, intr. (NH = BH, so Aramaic ܪܥܰܫ (rare), and (once) רְעַשׁ toss, rage (of sea); Arabic رَعَسَ, usually رَعِشَ, رَعَشَ (loan-word?), tremble, quiver, quake; cf. perhaps Assyrian rêšu exult);— Pf. 3 fs. רָֽעֲשָׁה Je 8:16; 49:21, רָעָ֑שָׁה Ju 5:4 ψ 68:9; 3 pl. רָעֲשׁוּ Jo 2:10 +, etc. Impf. 3 ms. יִרְעַשׁ ψ 72:16, 3 fpl. תִּרְעַשְׁנָה Ez 26:10, etc.; Pt. pl. רֹעֲשִׁים Je 4:24;—quake, shake, of earth Ju 5:4 = ψ 68:9, 2 S 22:8 (‖ רגז = ψ 18:8 (‖ id.), ψ 77:19 (+ רגז), also Is 13:13 (c. עַל־כֵּן, + מִמְּקוֹמוֹ, pregn.; ‖ רָגַז), Je 51:29; c. מִן caus. Je 8:16; 10:10; 49:21; of מוֹסְדֵי אָ֑רֶץ Is 24:18; of heavens Jo 2:10 (לִפְנֵי caus.; ‖ רָגַז); heavens and earth 4:16; mts. Je 4:24 Na 1:5 (מִן pers. caus.), ψ 46:4 (ב caus.); walls Ez 26:10 (מִן caus.); אִיִּים v 15 (id.); מִגְרשׁוֹת 27:28 (ל caus.); הַסִּפִּים Am 9:1; all living things Ez 38:20 (מִפָּנַי caus.); of waving grain ψ 72:16. נִרְעֲשָׁה הָאָרֶץ Je 50:46 is made to quake (מִקּוֹל). Pf. 2 ms. הִרְעַשְׁתָּה ψ 60:4; 1 s. הִרְעַשְׁתִּי 31:16; וְהִר׳ consec. Hg 2:7; Impf. 2 ms. sf. 3 ms. (הֲ)תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ Jb 39:20; Pt. מַרְעִישׁ Is 14:16 + 2 times;— cause to quake, subj. י׳, c. acc. of heavens, earth, nations, etc., Hg 2:6, 7, 21, cf. ψ 60:4; nations + מִקּוֹל Ez 31:16; subj. man, c. acc. of kingdoms Is 14:16 (‖ מַרְגִּיז). cause (horse) to spring, leap (like locust), man subj., Jb 39:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָעַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7493/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.28/)

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לְק֖וֹל זַעֲקַ֣ת חֹבְלָ֑יִךְ יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ מִגְרֹשֽׁוֹת׃

*Word for word:* to the.sound of.the.outcry your.sailors your they.will.quake pasturelands

*JPS 1917:* At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves shall shake.

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[Job 39:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.20/)

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הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּ֑ה ה֖וֹד נַחְר֣וֹ אֵימָֽה׃

*Word for word:* do you make.it.leap? like (the) locust the.majesty its.snorting his \[is\].terror

*JPS 1917:* Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

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